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Ernie Wise

Acting Born Nov 27, 1925 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Ernest Wiseman, OBE, known by his stage name Ernie Wise, was an English comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, who became a national institution on British television, especially for their Christmas specials.

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Known for

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Omnibus

as Narrator

Omnibus

as Self

Full filmography

  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Rainbow (1972) as Himself
  • Omnibus (1967) as Narrator
  • Omnibus (1967) as Self
  • The Sweeney (1975) as Ernie Wise
  • Morecambe & Wise (1961) as Self
  • 40 Minutes (1981)
  • The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968) as Self
  • One Pair of Eyes (1967)
  • Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes (2025) as Self
  • Two of a Kind (1961) as Self
  • The Morecambe and Wise Show (1980)
  • Piccadilly Palace (1967)
  • The Magnificent Two (1967) as Ernie
  • Running Wild (1954) as Host/Presenter
  • Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011) as Self (archive footage)
  • Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials (1969) as Himself
  • The Intelligence Men (1965) as Ernie Sage
  • Eric & Ernie's Home Movies (2017) as Self (archive footage)
  • That Riviera Touch (1966) as Ernest Clark
  • Night Train to Murder (1984) as Ernie
  • Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • The Perfect Morecambe & Wise (2014) as Himself